Layla N. CA speaker sharing about cocaine addiction recovery at a CA meeting – Holy Crap.. This tape is freakin’ intense.. If you are looking to get fired up in CA, this is it! Strap on your seat belt, you’re gonna go on a ride with this one 🙂 From the book Alcoholics Anonymous: “In spite of the great increase in the size and span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.” Make sure to like us on facebook 🙂 We’d love to have ya stop in and see us! www.facebook.com What is the Twelve Step Model? How is it a “treatment for alcoholism” or “alcohol abuse?” From Wikipedia: “A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles (accepted by members as ‘spiritual principles,’ based on the approved literature) outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other twelve-step programs. Twelve-step methods have been adopted to address a wide range of substance-abuse and dependency problems.” And as should be blatantly obvious, we are in no way affiliated with Cocaine Anonymous or any other 12 step program. We are just looking to provide hope to those …

Health Spotlight: Addiction recovery for women

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Addiction recovery for women: An eight-week specialized program for women struggling with problem use of alcohol or other drugs, "Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women," is planned for 6-8 p.m. Wednesday through March 13. The event is …
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Video games can have harmful effects for addicts

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In some cases, it's causing withdrawal from society, said Shannon Chrismore, site manager at the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery, which has a treatment course devoted to video game addiction. "They are playing hours and hours at a time at the …
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